EUCI Presents a Course on:

COMBINED CYCLE POWER

PLANT FUNDAMENTALS

April 18-19, 2011 • Hyatt Regency Chicago • Chicago, IL

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer

1.0 CEUs for this program.
COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT FUNDAMENTALS

April 18-19, 2011

OVERVIEW IACET
This general introductory course provides the basic technical concepts needed to understand EUCI has
how a power plant works, followed by a general overview of combined cycle power plant been
layout and operating principles. All major systems in the power plant will be discussed from approved
fuel and water into the plant to the generation of electricity. Relationships among power as an
Authorized Provider
plant systems will be illustrated. Focus will be on simple presentation of technical ideas, so
by the International
attendees are not required to have an engineering or technical background. Association for Continuing
Education and Training
(IACET), 1760 Old
Meadow Road, Suite 500,
LEARNING OUTCOMES McLean, VA 22102. In
Attendees will review and discuss: obtaining this approval,
• The basic concepts of energy conversion, namely, conversion of chemical energy to EUCI has demonstrated
electricity that it complies with the
• The basic concepts of temperature, work, and heat in power plant operation ANSI/IACET Standards,
• The basic components of a combined cycle power plant and how they work together which are widely
to produce energy recognized as standards
• The basics of fuel combustion and how fuels are prepared and combusted in a of good practice
combustion turbine internationally.
• The basic components of a heat recovery steam generator and how they work As a result of their
together to produce steam energy Authorized Provider
• The basic components of a steam turbine and how the turbine transforms steam membership status,
energy from the heat recovery steam generator into mechanical energy EUCI is authorized to
• The basic components of the electrical generator and how the generator transforms offer IACET CEUs for its
mechanical energy from the turbine into electrical energy programs that qualify
• The basic components of an electrical switchyard and how it works to transmit under the ANSI/IACET
electrical energy into the electrical transmission and distribution systems outside of Standards.
the power plant
• Operation and maintenance of a combined cycle plant EUCI is authorized by
IACET to offer 1.0 CEUs
for this program.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND Requirements for
Successful Completion
• New employees who work at or deal with combined cycle power plants of Program
• Generation dispatchers who need a basic understanding of combined cycle power Participants must sign
plant operation in/out each day and be
in attendance for the
• Regulators, communications staff, and others who need a basic understanding of entirety of the course to
combined cycle power plant operations be eligible for continuing
• Administrative or management support professionals who need a better education credit.
understanding of combined cycle power plants to plan and implement projects
Instructional Methods
• Corporate accountants who desire a better understanding of combined cycle power PowerPoint presentations,
plant operations and the factors that can affect operating costs classroom discussions,
• Sales professionals who must understand combined cycle power plant operations to and question-and-answer
better serve customers sessions will be used in
this course.

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COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT FUNDAMENTALS

April 18-19, 2011

PROGRAM AGENDA
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011

Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Course Timing: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Group Luncheon: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Introduction, Format, Objectives Primer Steam Turbines

• Power plant concepts • Classifications
• A simple power plant • Typical steam turbine cycle
• Basic energy conversion • Components
• Transferring heat to steam energy • Impulse and reaction turbines
• Converting steam energy to mechanical energy • Steam seals
• Converting mechanical energy to electrical energy • Lube oil systems
Heat and Energy Power Plant Electrical Primer
• Properties of substances • Basic electrical system concepts
• Mass, volume, and density • Simple generation and transmission concepts
• Pressure and flow Power Plant Alternating Current (AC) Generators
• Units of pressure • Construction and operating principles of large AC
• Pressure measurement generators
• Causes of flow, and flow measurement • Exciter systems
• Temperature and heat
• Forms of energy Power Plant Switchyards
• Work and heat in power plants • Power transformers
• The properties of water • Buses
• Bus ducts
Combustion Basics • Disconnects
• How does fuel burn? • Circuit breakers and switchgear
• Oil and natural gas combustion
• Natural gas and oil ignition systems Condenser
• Fuel supply and preparation systems • Types and principles of operation
• Cooling water systems
Combustion Turbines • Condenser performance factors
• Types of gas turbines and their applications • Condenser auxiliaries
• Components of a gas turbine
• Air, fuel, and exhaust flow paths Condensate and Feedwater Systems
• Combustion turbine operation • Flow cycle
• Requirements for operation • Feedwater heaters
• Deaerator
Group Luncheon • Boiler feed pumps
Emissions Control Balance of Plant Equipment
• Basics of gas turbine emissions control • Theory of operation
• Low NOx burners • Compressors
• Water and steam injection • Pumps
• SCR • Auxiliary systems
Waste Heat Recovery Boiler Summary
• Modes of heat transfer
• Furnace heat transfer and temperature control
Boiler Steam-Water Cycle
• Boiler steam-water cycle
• Typical waste heat boiler configurations
• Economizer
• HP, IP, and LP sections
• Superheaters
• Reheaters

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COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT FUNDAMENTALS

April 18-19, 2011

PROGRAM AGENDA
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011

Continental Breakfast: 7:30 – 8:00 a.m.

Course Timing: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Water Treatment Plant Maintenance

• The effects of untreated water on operations • Objectives of maintenance
• Water chemistry parameters • Gas turbine maintenance and maintenance intervals
• External treatment • Steam turbine maintenance and maintenance intervals
• Clarifying filters and demineralizers • Basic balance of plant maintenance and maintenance
• Internal treatment intervals
Instrumentation Plant Operations
• Instrumentation • Basic operating procedures and principles
• Pressure • Operations flexibility of a combined cycle power plant
• Temperature • Emergency situations
• Flow Station Performance
• Water level • Measuring efficiency
• Turbine supervisory • Heat rate
• Combustion • Factors effecting heat rate
• Water analysis
Review
Main Control Systems and Interlocks • Summary of material covered
• Control • Final questions and discussion
• Combustion
• Temperature
• Interlocks
• Boiler
• Steam and gas turbine
• Electrical

INSTRUCTOR
Rob Shepard, P.E., President, The Energy Group
Mr. Shepard has more than 23 years of power generation industry experience in the operation and maintenance of gas-, oil-, and
coal-fired power plants. He has extensive experience in combustion turbine and steam turbine operations and maintenance
and has worked at more than 45 combustion turbine sites in simple or combined cycle configuration. He is the owner and
president of The Energy Group, providing leadership and consulting in asset management-related services including O&M
assessment, O&M strategy development, due diligence, condition assessment, plant feasibility and development, plant
expansion, maintenance management, outage optimization, outage management, troubleshooting and problem solving,
and process improvements. Prior to owning his own company, Mr. Shepard was a project manager and O&M consultant for
ProEnergy Services and Black & Veatch. His assignments included various assignments on gas- and oil-fired simple cycle and
combined cycle plants as well as gas-, oil-, and coal-fired thermal power plants. He also worked for Entergy Corporation for
more than 12 years in the operation and maintenance of various plants (including steam and gas turbine power plants) as a
plant engineer, environmental coordinator, maintenance manager, outage manager, and plant manager.

Visit The Energy Group at www.the-energy-group.com

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be published, and one copy will
be distributed to each registrant
at the course.
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